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I've known every one of these guys...!
7 Guys You Meet In Every Infantry Platoon
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I never saw any infantry platoon that contained all 7 types of these soldiers COL Lee Flemming although this is a better fit that the Task and Purpose s NCOs in an Infantry Platoon post from weeks ago.
1. Stinky: "His breath smells like a rodent crawled down his throat and died there. The only thing worse than the stench that trails Stinky wherever he goes is his PT score — the lowest in the platoon."
[Since we ate the same food and generally bathed as often out in the filed we all smelled stinky from time to time.]
2. G.I. Joe: "This guy usually grew up in either Ohio or Michigan. He learned how to shoot a rifle before he learned how to wipe his own ass, and he knows how to do things like skin squirrels and tie butterfly knots."
[I knew officers like this but never any enlisted soldiers]
3. Hemingway: Neither a patriot nor a fighter, this guy joined the infantry because he read “A Farewell to Arms.”
[In the 1970s I saw draftees with peace signs but they were rebelling against all authority]
4. 5 Deployments: "Fallujah, Sadr City, the Korengal — this guy’s been to them all."
[In my day we had NCOs who had fought in Korea and Vietnam.]
5. Old Man: "Don’t be fooled by his gregarious demeanor, or by the fact that he has six kids, or by his mustache. Old Man is only 25."
[Old man was always the oldest in the platoon and he was unique in each platoon I ever served with.]
6. Li’l 1st Sergeant : Remember how on the first day of basic training or boot camp (or “holiday” if you’re in the Air Force), there was that one guy who somehow already knew all of the rules?"
[We never had one of those Lil first sergeant in BCT in the early 1970's. They would have been smoked and in the dying cockroach position for long periods getting an attitude readjustment. :-)]
7. Gunz: "This guy joined the military for one reason and one reason only: to “get swole.” While everyone else hates waking up at the crack of dawn for PT, Gunz lives for it."
[I knew a USMA cadet or two that was like this one. One roommate shot steroids to get big - he left after the second year]
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Mark Kuzinski TSgt Joe C.
LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Tom Brown SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx SGT Robert George
1. Stinky: "His breath smells like a rodent crawled down his throat and died there. The only thing worse than the stench that trails Stinky wherever he goes is his PT score — the lowest in the platoon."
[Since we ate the same food and generally bathed as often out in the filed we all smelled stinky from time to time.]
2. G.I. Joe: "This guy usually grew up in either Ohio or Michigan. He learned how to shoot a rifle before he learned how to wipe his own ass, and he knows how to do things like skin squirrels and tie butterfly knots."
[I knew officers like this but never any enlisted soldiers]
3. Hemingway: Neither a patriot nor a fighter, this guy joined the infantry because he read “A Farewell to Arms.”
[In the 1970s I saw draftees with peace signs but they were rebelling against all authority]
4. 5 Deployments: "Fallujah, Sadr City, the Korengal — this guy’s been to them all."
[In my day we had NCOs who had fought in Korea and Vietnam.]
5. Old Man: "Don’t be fooled by his gregarious demeanor, or by the fact that he has six kids, or by his mustache. Old Man is only 25."
[Old man was always the oldest in the platoon and he was unique in each platoon I ever served with.]
6. Li’l 1st Sergeant : Remember how on the first day of basic training or boot camp (or “holiday” if you’re in the Air Force), there was that one guy who somehow already knew all of the rules?"
[We never had one of those Lil first sergeant in BCT in the early 1970's. They would have been smoked and in the dying cockroach position for long periods getting an attitude readjustment. :-)]
7. Gunz: "This guy joined the military for one reason and one reason only: to “get swole.” While everyone else hates waking up at the crack of dawn for PT, Gunz lives for it."
[I knew a USMA cadet or two that was like this one. One roommate shot steroids to get big - he left after the second year]
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Mark Kuzinski TSgt Joe C.
LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Tom Brown SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx SGT Robert George
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LOL... good out look... I'm a cross between 5 and 6...
and where are all these meal Menus coming from... ours stopped at 12 choices...
and where are all these meal Menus coming from... ours stopped at 12 choices...
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